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The Seventeenth Shard is an esoteric group of Worldhoppers that is suspected to be influential throughout the cosmere.

Their nonintervention philosophy is due to Frost's direction.[1] There are likely tiers to the hierarchy within, since Frost doesn't leave Yolen, but he's effectively directing everything.

Composition

The Seventeenth Shard is comprised of Worldhoppers from within Brandon's cosmere books, including Hoid, Temoo (i.e., Galladon from Elantris), Thinker (i.e., Demoux from Mistborn), and Blunt (i.e., Vao/Baon from the original White Sand[2]).

Appearances

On Roshar, with Ishikk at The Purelake, Temoo, Thinker, and Vao were searching for Hoid.[3] Ishikk dubbed them 'Grump', 'Thinker' and 'Blunt', respectively.

Known Members

  • Frost
  • Temoo (i.e., Galladon)
  • Thinker (i.e., Demoux)
  • Blunt (i.e., Vao/Baon)
  • Aslydin*[4]

Notes

Aslydin is in the Seventeeth Shard ... . I've given subtle clues about her before, but the ethnicity of the name should strike you.

–Brandon Sanderson[6]

*Aslydin is Demoux's love interest from Mistborn: The Hero of Ages, Chapters 80 and 81. Although she doesn't have a single line of dialogue in the original trilogy, she was hanging out at the Pits of Hathsin, and Demoux fell in love with her. She's the daughter of a Terris elder on Scadrial.

Speculation

Sanderson has talked about how Hoid hasn't lived through all the years through which he has existed (i.e., he's skipped forward in time in some fashion). Its possible that Demoux - and other members of The Seventeenth Shard - have done something similar. Further, it might be that the time dilation is a side effect of Worldhopping and/or moving between Realms. For example, at the end of Words of Radiance, Jasnah seemed surprised that so much time had passed between her 'death' on the Wind's Pleasure and her return to the Physical Realm.[7]

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